Defence due 4pm Monday 20th Aug

Coupon-mad

Trabar wrote: »

Thank you. If am required to submit a witness statement in the near future as part of the process, doe this have to adhere to referring to my self in the third person as 'the defendant' or can I use 'I' after having confirmed my status as the defendant?

You are required to submit evidence, and a WS is best too. There are examples of typical evidence (I list some things to consider using as evidence) and examples of WS for you to read, to see the style, in the NEWBIES thread. Please take another look at this stage.

Trabar

OK thanks for advice. I've now received communication so have started working in WS.

Trabar

Update from hearing mid-Jan.


The legal rep seemed like a nice bloke and I felt a bit sorry for him. The court had misplaced the claimant's WS, so the judge chose to rely upon the relevant copies brought by the legal rep. Not certain, but from looking over his shoulder, I'd say it's possible that these copies were in some way deficient (in comparison to claimant's original WS and my own WS).


The judge went through the formalities at the beginning, when left me feeling a little bit apprehensive. However, there was some information that the judge required from the claimant / their rep, which the judge and the claimant's rep could not see within the copies that they were reliant upon. It was a bit surreal, almost like I wanted to help them. But neither of them asked for my assistance, so I kept my mouth shut. The legal rep was very easily put on the back foot by the judge, who allowed him to flounder for a few minutes before announcing that the case could not continue any further.


I went in to the case believing that my defence had been a very poor document but my WS was far better and a well reasoned piece of work. However in the end, although I felt prepared, it seems the legal rep was less prepared.


Thanks for the guidance.

Coupon-mad

Well done and thanks or confirming your win!

Another one bites the dust.

nosferatu1001

Well done!
Did you get your costs? Loss of leave / pay?

beamerguy

Well done Trabar

EXCEL :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Trabar

nosferatu1001 wrote: »

Well done!
Did you get your costs? Loss of leave / pay?

Cheers. I didn't really incur any monetary costs. The only costs incurred were time and stress related. Maybe some impact upon partner etc. I found it particularly difficult to compose my defence, but when I got to the witness statement stage I was able to grasp and express arguments much better (as well as stating the facts). TBH, I think Excel pursued the wrong case. They were OK to deal with on the occasions I contacted them, but I think will be better examples of breaches in their car park than the one which landed myself in court. I got the feeling that the judge may have held some sympathy for the defence case on this occasion.

Will1975turner

Hi any help would be great as I haven't got a clue what to do just received a county court letter of VCS for breach of contract in 2015 but can't remember if I was driving my car that date

KeithP

Will1975turner wrote: »

Hi any help would be great...

Your best bet is to read post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread.

In there you will find out exactly how to deal with your predicament.

If you still have questions after reading that NEWBIES thread then please start a new thread.

Trying to deal with your issues on this thread will only lead to confusion.

Thanks for your understanding.